The species of Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) described by J. Desbrochers: lectotype designations and new synonymies
Author
Gültekin, Levent
Author
Perrin, Hélène
text
Zootaxa
2006
1350
55
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273592
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273592
Larinus sacer
Desbrochers, 1896
Larinus sacer
Desbrochers, 1896
: 65
In the description, Desbrochers indicates “(ɗ). Long. 7 mill.” and a region, with a town “Asie mineure, Cẻsarẻe”.
Type
. The male
holotype
bears the printed label “Csr” [for Cẻsarẻe], handwritten “
sacer
(m.), Fr 96.5” and “
type
” and has been labelled “
Holotypus
ɗ,
Larinus sacer
Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin
des. 2005” [on red paper], “
Larinus fucatus
Fst, L. Gültekin
det. 2005”. It is pinned through the right elytron and intact.
Remarks. The mention “Fr 96.5” is a reference to the description.
Larinus sacer
Desbrochers, 1896
is conspecific with
Larinus fucatus
Faust, 1891
, the
types
of both having been examined by the senior author. Thus, the following new synonymy is here proposed:
Larinus fucatus
Faust, 1891
[=
Larinus sacer
Desbrochers, 1896
syn. n.
].